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Eos
H-index 16

Eos

0096-3941

Published by: American Geophysical Union

https://eos.org/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 288 192 158 12
Environmental Sciences 439 158 117 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 419
Documents by Best Scientists*: 289
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 102
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.128
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Eos?

The primary areas of discussion in Eos are Oceanography, Astrobiology, Climatology, Meteorology and Earth (chemistry).

  • Oceanography (7.40%)
  • Astrobiology (7.31%)
  • Climatology (5.73%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The benthic boundary layer : transport processes and biogeochemistry (296 citations)
  • Harnessing the GPS Data Explosion for Interdisciplinary Science (209 citations)
  • Arctic Research on Thin Ice: Consequences of Arctic Sea Ice Loss (73 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Eos:

The main points discussed in the journal publications deal with Oceanography, Data science, Ecology, Geophysics and Environmental resource management. The published papers with studies in Oceanography featured incorporate elements of Fishery and Sargassum, Algae. Issues in Ecology were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Caste and Diversity (business).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Ecology
  • Law
  • Climate change

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Astrobiology, Oceanography, Seismology, Earth (chemistry) and Climate change are the subjects of interest in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Measuring Ambient Ocean Sound During the COVID-19 Pandemic (4 citations)
  • Charting Satellite Courses in a Crowded Thermosphere (4 citations)
  • Reimagining STEM Workforce Development as a Braided River (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Eos (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Kimberly Cartier (203 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Terri Cook (167 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Randy Showstack (165 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sarah Stanley (156 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Randy Showstack (154 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Eos (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bristol (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Liège (6 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 100.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, nan% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another nan% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included nan% of all publications and nan% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Ten Steps to Protect BIPOC Scholars in the Field

    (2020)
    66 Citations
  • Glimpsing the Ins and Outs of the Arctic Atmospheric Cauldron

    Manfred Wendisch;Drthe Handorf;Ina Tegen;Roel Neggers

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Reimagining STEM Workforce Development as a Braided River

    Rebecca Batchelor;Hendratta Ali;Kathryn Gardner-Vandy;Anne Gold

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Wildfires Are Threatening Municipal Water Supplies

    Alex Chow;Tanju Karanfil;Randy Dahlgren

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Changing the Culture of Fieldwork in the Geosciences

    Alice Hill;Mylne Jacquemart;Anne Gold;Kristy Tiampo

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • Inventorying Earth’s Land and Ocean Greenhouse Gases

    (2022)
    24 Citations
  • Data Sets Are Foundational to Research. Why Don’t We Cite Them?

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • A Global Perspective on Wildfires

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Ten Ways to Apply Machine Learning in Earth and Space Sciences

    Jacob Bortnik;Enrico Camporeale

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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